Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Chacon heads Monster’s alliances Lauren Chacon, who joined Monster two years ago from her position as VP of advertising at The Boston Globe... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Whatever you may think of President George W. Bush, the unpopular prexy is scheduled to be out of a job come January. One job site,... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Middle Eastern jobs portal Bayte.com has launched a jobs site in Morocco targeted to new college graduates. The trilingual site – French, Arabic and English... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Redesigned French job board CarriereOnline’s launched a feature called Carriere OnlineTV, providing video “channels” for both recruiters and... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Thanks to its jobs channel, Germany’s listed-business network portal Xing.com was able to double year-over-year revenue in the second quarter €8.41... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
SharkStrike.com, a division of CareerMetaSearch in Boca Raton, Fla., has announced that it will launch a “keyword engine” that will allow employers,... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
A class-action suit against Monster Worldwide advanced last week when Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Despite shaky times in the financial markets, Dice Holdings, the pure-play employment-site company traded on the NYSE, reported that its 2008 Q2 revenue rose by 17... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
NWJobs.com, the regional job site owned by the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer and powered by the vendor Adicio, reports that it’s increased... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
StepStone, the Norway-based global recruitment-solutions company, has bought Les Villages Emploi, a French company that operates four Web sites, including a... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Workopolis, the big Canadian job-site company owned by Toronto Star Newspapers and the newspaper publisher Gesca, has teamed up with Rogers Publishing,... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
To the traditional job-class divisions of white, blue and even pink collar, add a new one: green collar. Don’t laugh. Green-collar jobs – i.e.... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
The Portuguese car magazine Turbo, owned by the major publisher Impresa S.A., has finished a complete redesign of its site, www.aeiou.turbo.pt. New features... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Automotive mobile-marketing and technology provider Gumiyo has launched a new “Mobile Ready” initiative. Aimed at retail automotive-advertising... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Critical Mass, an Omnicom digital-marketing agency, has been named the interactive agency of record for AutoTrader.com. Critical Mass’ team will develop and... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Online business-optimization firm Ominiture announced new customers this week including Chicago-based Classified Ventures. Omniture has 4,700 customers worldwide.... Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
By Alessandra Ritondo AutoScout24.it., the Italian version of the German Autoscout24. Gmbh, has changed up its Web site and it management. Giovanni... AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Any discussion about online auto-dealer advertising very quickly turns to the question of “leads.” In other words, is it all about delivering specific,... AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Anyone with a stake in the auto business is wondering how to ride out the current slump. Here are some timely suggestions from a recent survey of members of the... Brian Blum | July 28, 2008 | Automotive
Vehix has launched a new service that allows car sells to post listings on the company’s Web site for free.Visitors click the “Sell Your Car”... admin3 | July 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the bad news contains some positive patterns worth digging for.Advertising Age magazine (subscription required) reported earlier this month that U.S.... admin3 | July 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve been polishing a theory for a while (since around 1980) that as consumers take more control of their media (1980 being the VCR), the challenge for media... bruce oren | July 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
The economic depression among U.S. newspapers, especially metros, is causing layoffs,... bruce oren | July 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Gloom and doom about advertising revenue are certainly not limited to the U.S. Although... AIM Group | July 11, 2008 | Real Estate
Apartments.com has introduced walk-through video to its Web site. The Chicago-based company said that the video “brings floor plans and features to life by... joe michaud | July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Joe Michaud The first half of 2008 saw significant activity in online “display” video advertising – suggesting the medium is moving toward maturity – and that... joe michaud | July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Joe Michaud The Baltimore Sun has developed an unusual approach to video advertising that combines custom video production, microsites (remember them?),... AIM Group | July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Mobile Web now claims 15.6 percent of mobile users in the United States, Nielsen Mobile reports in a new study – a good sign for advertisers who want to take... AIM Group | July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Cristina Costa BERLIN – Europe is quickly closing the gap with the United States in online advertising, ad and Internet executives were told at the second... AIM Group | July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Dan LindleyLies, damned lies and statistics? A new internal study done for Associated Northcliffe Digital, the online arm of the big British newspaper company,... 
